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No. 337,338. Pateflted Mar. 2, 1886.

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7 ATTORNEYS UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JACOB F. KNORR, OF ORANGE, NEIV JERSEY.

HAME.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 337,338, dated March 2,1886.

Application filed June 18, 1885. Serial No. 169, 088.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JACOB F. KNORR, a citizen of the United States,residing at Orange, inthe county of Essex and State of New Jersey, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Hames, of which the following isa specification.

My invention relates to improvements in hames; and it consists incertain novel features of construction of the hames, which are fullypointed out in the following specification and claim, and illustrated inthe accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is .a face view of myimproved hames. Fig. 2 is a side view of one of the hauies. Figs. 3 and4are detail face and sectional views of parts.

Similar letters indicate corresponding parts.

In the drawings, the letters A A designate the separate portions of thehames, both being shaped precisely alike and provided with strap loops,by means of which they are strapped together at or near their respectiveends in the usual manner. Each hame is formed of two metallic sections,a b, the lower section, b, being preferably made of iron, while theupper section is best made of brass or some similar metalliccomposition; and I form the connection by casting the upper sectionaround the upper part of the lower section.

To make a firm and reliable joint, the upper end of the cast-ironsection, the cross-section of which at this point is best madeplanoconvex, is provided with one or more grooves, 0, Figs. 3 and 4,extending transversely across its fiat or inner face, and also in theexample here illustrated with one or more holes, 0', extending throughthe section perpendicular to the plane of the groove, these holes beinglocated in the said grooves a. The cast-iron section, after having beenformed as shown and described, is placed in a suitable mold, the upperor brass section is cast around the same, and as the metal finds its wayinto the (No model.)

grooves and the holes a very firm joint is secured. These upper sectionsof the battles are provided with the usual terrets, B, and the loops forthe fastening-straps, which are best formed integral with the casting,but may be separately secured thereto.

As shown in the drawings in Fig. 1, the draft device is so placed on thehames that the draft-eye can swivel on the tongue in the direction ofthe wagon; but this latter motion is prevented by the collar, part ofwhich is shown by dotted lines in the drawings, which extends outwardsufficiently to underlie the link on the said draft-eye.

It is evident that the draft-eye can be quickly and easily removed fromthe draftstaple by turning it somewhat in the proper direction and thenlifting it upward, so as to clear the tongue, the great advantage ofsuch a removable draft eye being apparent.

As shown in the drawings, the section a can be covered with leather (1,or the like, if so desired, and in this case the section b is castsomewhat larger in cross-section than the iron section, so that it willform with the leather an unbroken smooth surface.

I am aware that a hame has heretofore been made with a separate upperportion, and that metallic hames have been made in sections. Such,therefore, I do not broadly claim.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A hame combining in its structure a lower metallic section, b, havingtransverse grooves c and holes 0, and the upper metallic section, at,having part of its metal rigidly interlocked with the said grooves andholes, substantially as and for the purpose described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

J AOOB F. KNORR. [L. s.]

Witnesses:

W. HAUFF, E. F. KASTENHUBER.

